Oak Flat Fire Lookout Hike

Good News! This entire trail has just been cleared and brushed by volunteers from Stewards of the Sequioa!

• What we'll do:
Distance: 6 miles, loop hike
Elevation gain: 900 feet
We will start hiking cross country at Badger Gap in the Greenhorn Mountains, through the forest to the base of the old Forest Service fire lookout at Oak Flat. The Forest Service makes this lookout available for rent. We will return to our cars on the forest service road.
Please know your limits when hiking.
• What to bring:
Lunch, water, protective clothing, trekking poles, map, compass, jacket.

• Where we will meet:
Bakersfield: Meet at Shell Station on 178 & Comanche @ 7:30am to arrange carpools to Badger Gap. High clearance vehicles needed for the 17 miles on Rancheria Road. We will leave promptly at 7:40 AM to head to badger gap trail head. We plan to start hiking at 8:30am.

Hikers from Kern River Valley/Ridgecrest: The fastest route to Badger Gap is to drive to Bakersfield and meet with the rest of the group at 7:30am. If anyone wants to carpool from KRV to Bakersfield, please contact me and we can arrange a place and time.

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*** PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY *** No one in the group is a guide or in any way responsible for your comfort or safety. Please be prepared with adequate gear and supplies for the trip. Please remember that going out into wilderness has risks associated with it and you should be aware and prepared to address any changes in weather, road conditions or to look out for/avoid random acts of nature, including insects, wild animals and natural hazards. It is your responsibility to evaluate the difficulty of any activity you participate in, and decide whether you are prepared by having the experience, skill, knowledge, equipment, and the physical and emotional stamina to safely participate.

*** WAIVER OF LIABILITY *** The Organizers and members in this group are not professional leaders, guides, or mountaineers. The function of the member or organizer is only to organize the trip. Each person who shows up for a trip/meetup (and their guest or guests) is responsible for his or her own safety. By attending a hike, or any other event organized by this group, you are acknowledging that you and any guests that you bring are aware of the risks, dangers and hazards associated with the activity and freely accept and fully assume all such risks, dangers and hazards, and further agree to release and discharge the Organizers, Members of the Kern Valley Hiking Club Meetup Group from and against any and all liability arising from your participation in the group activities.

By RSVPing you and those you bring with you as your guests ARE agreeing to the above statements.